I don't think they meant 1 out of 4 kilos. I think they meant one-fourth of a kilo.

Could be. That number is a little hard to read.

This ads an interesting legal element should the dealer choose to sell the product, knowing the added potential for harm. Or maybe it doesn't, I'm not a lawyer.

"This ads an interesting legal element should the dealer get caught selling the product, knowing the added potential for harm. Or maybe it doesn't, I'm not a lawyer."

fixed that for you. I can't assume there's refunds in this game, and I can't imagine some street-level dealer is going to toss a grand or so.

Call me crazy, but I still can't shake the idea that this could be a radical new drug policy enacted by a US agency abroad- think about it: convince South American drug cartels to start cutting product with Levamisole under the guise of increasing profits, which eventually will scare US customers away from the drug supply. Eventually all the cocaine users are either scared off the stuff or dead, and demand dries up- which is a win/win/win when all you care about is enforcing drug policy.

@4 - I didn't mean consumer protection-wise, I meant "we busted you selling coke, and now we're gonna try and prove you knew it was coke that had way more of a chance of killing (or did kill) your buyers than they bargained for."

I'm sure the "busted selling coke" part is enough for some prosecutors, but I wonder if one would explore this angle as well.

The Stranger should tell us where to buy coke. MMJ is so boring.

You see, this is why my drug of choice is good old-fashioned homemade-by-Mom meth.

(Not really. Drugs are bad, m'kay?)

1/4kg of bad cocaine. Somebody's contemplating a tough conversation right now.

It must be nice to be a cokehead hipster. Here's a tip: DONT DO COKE, problem solved.

@11 actually, i think it kind of sucks to be a cokehead hipster right now, since, you know, the dying.

@4: of course. the government poisoned bootleg liquor during prohibition. it's how my great uncle george died. it's a very believable theory, don't you think, brendan?

"And to preempt the people-should-just-stop-using-drugs argument—go ask Nancy Reagan how much the US spent on its D.A.R.E. and "Just Say No" campaigns. Then ask her why we still have so many drug users...."

Or how about we just ask the prohibitionist puritans what the fuck is so wrong with using drugs now and then? (Booze included.)

@11

I think the hipsters Billy Mays and Andrew Breitbart would take issue with your assumption.

you can just convert it to crack to get rid of the impurities. theres a reason people do that

Levamisole is definitely in crack. Treated 3 crack users for levamisole-related infections in the last few months.

Client service is very important to businesses these days, its no wonder drug dealers are doign this.